Roderick Cox
Northwestern University
Roderick Cox,
a 2011 Master of Music graduate of the Bienen School of Music at
Northwestern University and Associate
Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, has received the 2018 Sir Georg
Solti Conducting Award from the Solti Foundation U.S. The $30,000 prize
is the largest grant awarded to young American conductors in the United
States.
Recipients
may use the financial grant in various ways to further their careers,
whether it be academic or language study, purchase of scores, travel
expense, etc. The award also brings valuable access
to mentors and introductions within the industry. Previously, Cox
received the Solti Foundation’s 2017 Career Assistance Award.
Cox
was also recently chosen as one of four participants for the highly
selective 2018 Daniele Gatti Masterclass with the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra in Amsterdam. Other highlights of the 2017-18
season included conducting a second subscription concert week with the
Minnesota Orchestra, concerts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (London),
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Seattle Symphony, and making his
debut with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra.
Upcoming
2018 summer engagements include his debuts with the Grant Park Festival
Symphony Orchestra in Chicago and Orchestra Metropolitan at the
Launaudiere Festival. Season highlights in 2018-19 will
include a subscription concert debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra with Cameron Carpenter in November 2018 and his opera debut
with Houston Grand Opera in January 2019 in performances of Bizet’s Les
Pêcheurs de Perles.
A
native of Macon, Georgia, Cox was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conducting
Prize from the Aspen Music Festival in 2013, which led to national
recognition and a return to the festival as a fellow. He
has also held fellowships with the Chicago Sinfonietta as part of the
Project Inclusion Program and the Chautauqua Music Festival, where he
was a David Effron Conducting Fellow.
Cox
previously served for two years as Assistant Conductor of the Alabama
Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Youth
Orchestra. He was named Associate Conductor of the Minnesota
Orchestra’s in September 2016 following a year as the ensemble’s
Assistant Conductor.
Last year, NBC News published a video profile of Cox titled, “African-American
Conductor Making Noise in White-Dominated Field.” In the video, Cox discusses his early musical influences and his role and creative process as a conductor.
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